The Japanese broadcast schedule has been revealed for Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh (known in Japan as Boogiepop wa Warawanai), an upcoming TV anime based on the supernatural light novels written by Kouhei Kadano and illustrated by Kouji Ogata about a string of strange events and sudden disappearances that plague the teenage population of a modern Japanese city. Hit the jump to learn more.

The long-awaited third season of Chihayafuru is finally going to air next April, and we’ll once again be able to follow Chihaya on her path to the Omi Jingu Shrine, the karuta world’s most prestigious venue. Learn all about the show’s most iconic real-world location, and check out more than 75 anime to real life comparisons, right after the jump!

Unknown terrors stalk the night (and the daytime) in a new trailer for Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh, an upcoming TV anime based on the series of supernatural light novels written by Kouhei Kadano and illustrated by Kouji Ogata about a string of strange events and sudden disappearances that grip the teenage population of a Japanese city. Hit the jump to learn more.

The third season of Chihayafuru, an ongoing TV anime adaptation based on Yuki Suetsugu's sports manga about a group of young people who dedicate themselves to competitive karuta, is returning to Japanese TV in April of 2019, and now a new key visual has been revealed and returning staff have been confirmed. Hit the jump to learn more.

An action-packed new key visual and two new cast members have been revealed for Shoumetsu Toshi ("Annihilation City"), an upcoming TV anime based on the smart phone game by Wright Flyer Studios about an unlikely pair of survivors who try to unravel the strange events that resulted in an entire city's population mysteriously disappearing. Hit the jump to learn more.

It has been eight years since Madhouse announced that they would continue the production of the late Kon Satoshi's unfinished last anime feature film project Yumemiru Kikai/Dreaming Machine in November 2010. The studio's founder Masao Maruyama explained the reason for the long production halt of the film at the 20th Bucheon International Animation Festival in Korea on October 20. Read the story after the jump.

The Animation Is Film Festival returns for its second year in Los Angeles, CA with a special celebration of filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda's body of work, the formal debut of Studio Ponoc, with the world premiere of the studio's latest project in Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1 and the latest Madhouse project in Okko's Inn. Hiit the jump for all of the details.

A new key visual and new character settings have been revealed for Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh (known in Japan as Boogiepop wa Warawanai), an upcoming TV anime based on the series of supernatural light novels written by Kouhei Kadano and illustrated by Kouji Ogata about a series of strange events and sudden disappearances that grip the teenage population of a Japanese city. Hit the jump to learn more.

In October of 2018, "real escape game" purveyor Tokyo Mystery Circus is teaming up with Kaiji spin-off Mr. TONEGAWA Middle Management Blues for a "real escape game" event that challenges players to escape from the most dreadful of any corporate situation: the Great Demonic Year-End Office Party! Hit the jump to learn more.

Two classic late Eighties science fiction anime films, 1987's Wicked City and 1988's Demon City Shinjuku, are getting the deluxe Japanese Bluray box treatment from Toei Video in early 2019. Hit the jump to learn more.